The Guardian

The Guardian

2001 3 Seasons ⭐ 7.0
Drama

Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick. Arrested for drug use, he's sentenced to do 1,500 hours of community service, somehow to be squeezed into his 24/7 cutthroat world of mergers, acquisitions and board meetings. Reluctantly, he's now The Guardian - a part-time child advocate at Legal Aid Services, where one case after another is an eye-opening instance of kids caught up in difficult circumstances.

Seasons

1. Pilot

2001-09-25 • ⭐ 5.0

Nick Fallin, a high-powered, high-priced attorney living the good life is brought down to earth when he has to pay the price for his indulgent lifestyle. Busted for drugs, he must…

2. Reunion

2001-10-02 • ⭐ 6.0

Nick brings a lawsuit again the pharmaceutical company, Bendaprine, on behalf of Hunter Reed and his mother's estate for 10 million dollars. But, when Alvin Masterson gets wind of…

3. Paternity

2001-10-09 • ⭐ 7.0

Nick is given the case of a wheelchair-bound boy who is about to be placed in a group home while his mother does time for prostitution. The boy, Lawrence, wants to live with his s…

4. Lolita?

2001-10-16 • ⭐ 6.0

Nick is taken off of the Hunter Reed case and assigned a case about a fifteen-year-old girl, April Santos, who claims to have been raped by her stepfather, a cop. Nick arranges fo…

5. The Men from the Boys

2001-10-23 • ⭐ 7.0

Nick encounters problems with his 16-year-old gay gay client, who had been arrested for solicitation, when trying to place the boy with a gay couple rather than in a shelter.

6. Indian Summer

2001-10-30 • ⭐ 8.0

Nick is duped into representing a young woman who lied to him after they spent the night together. After Nick picks up a young woman named Dina at The Incline, they go back to hi…

7. Feeding Frenzy

2001-11-06 • ⭐ 7.0

Now that CLS has expanded its circle of operation to include all people needing legal aid, not just minors, Nick is given a case surrounding a retarded man, Malcolm Dempsy, who wa…

8. Heart

2001-11-20 • ⭐ 8.0

Nick Fallin finds himself the advocate for a 12-year-old girl, Lesley, who needs to be adopted by foster parents immediately in order to receive a heart transplant. Laurie Solt, a…

9. The Funnies

2001-11-27

Alvin asks Nick to help Barbara after her teenage son is arrested for drug possession. After Barbara's son, Russell, is arrested for drug possession, the charge changes to mansl…

10. Loyalties

2001-12-11

Nick defends an Arab American man who appears to be the victim of a hate crime. Wendy Moniz ("Nash Bridges") and James B. Sikking ("Brooklyn South") guest star. Nick gets a new …

11. Home

2001-12-18

Nick, now working at another law firm, is reinstated as the guardian of young Hunter Reed, his first case. Polly Draper ("thirtysomething") guest stars Both Nick and his child…

12. Causality

2002-01-08

No overview.

13. Privilege

2002-01-22

After a rough turn of events at Kirk & McGee, Nick is back at Fallin & Assoc. just as Burton is looking into the case of Susan Newberg, deceased daughter of longtime client and fa…

14. Family

2002-02-05

Nick's Aunt Liz visits Burton & Nick and tells them she is dying.

15. In Loco Parentis

2002-02-26

Nick thinks a woman he helped get her kids, may still use drugs.

16. Solidarity

2002-03-05

A case that Nick took at Legal Services creates a conflict of interest, James tries to help his nephew.

17. The Divide

2002-03-12

Nick tries to help 2 brothers get adopted, the foster parents want the "gifted" brother. Jake tries to save his dad from losing his house to a loan shark.

18. Mothers of the Disappeared

2002-03-26

When a mother of a missing child shows up in Nick Fallin's office at Legal Services, he finds himself in the middle of an emotional struggle for closure and justice. Prior to the …

19. Lawyers, Guns and Money

2002-04-09

Trouble gets very deep for Dale (Nick's Parole officer asks for help from Nick. Later LuLu's husband to be is arested. Nick can't tell LuLu. Burton wonders if his son will be on …

20. Shelter

2002-05-07

Nick and LuLu find teenagers in her house, after they hear a girl screaming giving birth. They want to keep the baby and soon end up in foster care.

21. Chinese Wall

2002-05-14

Burtton turns his law firm over to Sen. Nathan Calldwell, he gets ready to be a federal Judge.

22. The Beginning

2002-05-21

In The Season Finale Burton and Lulu tells Nick damaging information but that deals with a wanted killer. Dr. Reed asks to be his son's (Hunter)Trustee but their future could be i…

Top Cast

Simon Baker
Simon Baker
Dabney Coleman
Dabney Coleman
Alan Rosenberg
Alan Rosenberg
Wendy Moniz
Wendy Moniz
Raphael Sbarge
Raphael Sbarge

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